Beautiful Things Quotes

“I can only imagine you have committed sins in your life that may require atonement, but being born is not one of them. We none of us can choose who brings us into this world.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“You’re mine, Burke. And since you are such a fan of my jealous nature, let me say this: if you so much as look at another woman tonight, I’ll cut off those traitorous fingers and feed them to the feral swans in the lake.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Do not doubt my constancy. You are mine, Burke. I am your siren, and you hear only my call.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Hurt me with cruel words again, and I will horse whip you.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Do you want me?” He snatched her wrist, holding it tight. “I want you so badly, I can hardly breathe. From the first moment I touched you in that pub, and every moment since.” His voice was warm with need. “I never had much need for the church and now I know why.” He tilted his head down, resting his forehead against hers. “You are my goddess,” he murmured, brushing his lips lightly against her brow. “I worship only you. Claim me, ruin me, own me. I don’t fucking care.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Rosalie Harrow crept in with the night and disrupted all their lives with the force of a hurricane.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“But if Rosalie Harrow was his consolation prize here on earth, then Burke felt certain that burning in hell would be a perfectly lovely way to spend his eternity.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Burke was the rogue knight, James the lonely fortress, and Renley was a powerful ship, battered by the sea, desperately in search of a calm port in the storm.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“I’ve waited twenty-seven years to find one single person who could hold my attention the way you do, love,” he replied. “I’m a patient man. It will make it all the sweeter when you set aside this ludicrous notion of restraint. We are inevitable.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“It is the great failing of man that so few look beyond the superficial to see what lies within.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“If Rosalie wasn’t more careful, she’d soon have three fools chasing after her like eager dogs on the hunt.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“The others in this house party may ignore her and dismiss her as that little bird in a cage, but Tom saw Rosalie Harrow. He felt the fire burning inside her and wanted to dance with it. She wasn’t a little starling on a branch. She was a phoenix. He wanted to feel her heartbeat and taste her fire, smell the sweet violets on her skin.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“To any lady, the most dangerous animal in England was not the wolf or the boar. It was the entitled English gentleman with an excess of charm and nothing to lose.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Because, you need to know where I stand. If you seek to claim her…just know you’ll be claiming me too.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“And servants never had occasion to go up to the roof…unless George was in the mood for a shag with view.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“I’m betting ten guineas on a sordid betrayal. If I’m right, and you bring me proof, I shall happily pay you. If the betrayal leans in the direction of a secret love child, I’ll double it.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Fuck, why did he look even more handsome when he was serious? It wasn’t fair.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Christ, he wanted Rosalie for himself. He almost laughed aloud at the realization. What was worse, he desperately wanted her to want him too. He wanted passion and love. He wanted hunger that verged on obsession. Instead, he was empty…empty…empty.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Look at me like that again, and I’ll gladly take you into those trees and kiss you until you come apart.” He dared to trace his thumb over her mouth. “Before I’m done, my name will be a prayer on these perfect lips.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“I would gladly kill the man who hurt you,” he said, his voice somehow soft, even as he threatened violence. She swallowed, heart”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“In this moment, all he seemed to want to do was press her against the nearest obliging tree and imprint her taste on his lips, drinking of her until he was drunk.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“And why would I waste a moment thinking about her?” Burke’s answering smile turned positively devilish. “Because your mother told you not to.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“What he wanted was Miss Harrow to look at him again. He wanted her in his arms, to watch those cheeks blush pink as she took his cock in her hand and— Where the hell did that come from? He shook his head, trying to clear it of the unbidden visions. Rosalie Harrow was completely off limits.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“The last thing she wanted to become was a modern-day Circe, luring this charming Odysseus into her arms, only to see all his hopes dashed upon the rocks of her unsuitable shores.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Fuck, she’s a siren. She’s luring me in like I don’t know what.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“For a wild moment, he’d been contemplating tracing the tip of his nose up her neck and chasing that sweet scent of violets with his tongue…”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“And Christ if she didn’t smell like sweet violets and rosemary. He wanted to bury his face in her hair and breathe her in. His cock was getting hard again just thinking about it. Perhaps James had a point…”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Christ, was the woman a witch? Twice in twelve hours, his head felt fuzzy, as if he was hungover…and he jolted to realize his traitorous cock was at half-mast.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“No. Not safe. Not comforting. Dangerous. To any lady, the most dangerous animal in England was not the wolf or the boar. It was the entitled English gentleman with an excess of charm and nothing to lose.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things

“Miss Harrow, I am quite literally the bastard son of a whore.”
― Emily Rath, Beautiful Things